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Citrus Fruits on Sale at Foodland!

We're featuring Citrus Fruits this week, and they are all very sweet and tasty! I just wanted to give you a brief description on each of our citrus variety, so that you know what you are buying:Clementine – This is like a tangerine, but almost always seedless and very easy to peel. Clementines are also very sweet. The exterior is a deep orange color, with a smooth glossy appearance.Minneola Tangelo – These sweet and succulent fruits are usually seedless. This citrus fruit is a hybrid of a tangerine and a grapefruit. Characterized by a bell-shaped protrusion with a slightly elongated knob or neck at the top of the fruit, it usually turns a deep red-orange color when ripe. It possesses a skin that is loose and thicker than the average citrus and very easy to peel. Minneola Tangelos look like big oranges, but taste like a tangerine with an abundance of sweet juice!Cara Cara Orange – The Cara Cara Orange is sweet and low in acid. These brightly colored oranges with pink/raspberry colored flesh have a sweet taste with cherry-like undertones. The flavor is more complex than most navel varieties and has been described as evoking notes of cherry, rose petal, and black berry.Page Mandarin – These taste like a cross between a tangerine and orange with a rich and sweet flavor. The Page’s flesh is deep orange, tender and juicy, and the flavor is rich and sweet. This variety is considered the very best to make juice!
My personal favorite is the Clementine! It is so very sweet and easy to eat. My kids also love this and it is such an easy snack to pack, and at the same time it's healthy. I also bring them to my kid's soccer games and all the kids love it! You can’t eat just one! I’d definitely rather have my kids eat these than candy.

Please visit us today to try any or all of these exciting citrus fruits! If you’d like to sample these, please don’t hesitate to ask one of our friendly produce clerks - they’d be more than happy to let you sample these.

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